Tera Wiki Guide

Sockets and Crystals

Sockets are the empty spots on weapons, armor, and jewelry, that can be filled with crystals. Not every piece of equipment has a socket. Weapons and body armor are guaranteed to have 2-4 sockets each.

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Crystals are special gems that fill the sockets in equipment. There are many types of crystals and they even have their own tiers. You can't equip the same type of crystal from the same tier. So if you have a Brilliant Rhomb (Tier 1), you can't equip another Brilliant Rhomb. You can however equip a Brillant Rhomb and a Brillant Cabochon (Tier 2). There are 7 Tiers of crystals and from weakests to greatest they are: